Re:Meta Open-Sources Computer Vision Foundation Model DINOv2
by dragonwriter on Wednesday May 24, 2023 @01:41AM
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> So what?
So, that's a reason that might wish to release a non-open-source model with this particular license, and one that provides an alternative to the “Meta is doing this because they stand to benefit from open source models taking off”, specifically, “Meta is doing this because it stands to benefit from drawing energy away from open source models into ones that cannot legally be used to commercially compete”.
> Does it make these startups vulnerable, to long term future legal action? Sure, but nobody is thinking that far ahead.
Well, the startups may not be, but Meta maybe is, and its acquiring a zero-cost, upside-only investment in every startup doing that. “Unjust enrichment”.
So, that's a reason that might wish to release a non-open-source model with this particular license, and one that provides an alternative to the “Meta is doing this because they stand to benefit from open source models taking off”, specifically, “Meta is doing this because it stands to benefit from drawing energy away from open source models into ones that cannot legally be used to commercially compete”.
> Does it make these startups vulnerable, to long term future legal action? Sure, but nobody is thinking that far ahead.
Well, the startups may not be, but Meta maybe is, and its acquiring a zero-cost, upside-only investment in every startup doing that. “Unjust enrichment”.